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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PARTICIPATION, by BERTYE YOUNG WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: Let there be light, god said, and spaced
Last Line: His tiny lamp agleam.
Alternate Author Name(s): Williams, B. Y.
Subject(s): Light
First Line: Let there be light, god said, and spaced
Last Line: His tiny lamp agleam.
Alternate Author Name(s): Williams, B. Y.
Subject(s): Light
"Let there be light," God said, and spaced
The sun beyond the hill.
"Let there be light," man thought, and placed
A candle on the sill.
The glowworm, lowly, lumpish, wet,
Shared still the wondrous dream;
"Let there be light," he sensed, and set
His tiny lamp agleam.
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